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1950-1959

1950

Spring 1950 (May 9, 1950)

Keith Ferdinand Anderson, Pelham, New York 

Herbert William Beck, Norfolk, Virginia 

John Benjamin Carter, Catskill, New York 

Louis M. Daniels 

Carlton H. Franklin, Erie, Pennsylvania 

William Anthony Hackley, Washington, D.C. 

Kenneth Theodore Hammond, Providence, Rhode Island 

James Elwood Hayslett, Norfolk, Virginia 

Ernest Don Jackson, Bainbridge, Georgia 

Winston B. Jackson, Fairfield, Alabama 

Marion Stanley Kelly, Akron, Ohio 

Herbert George McDonald, Jamaica, New York 

Howard Emerson Overton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Arthur McKinley Reynolds, Indianapolis, Indiana 

Edward G. Smith, Jr., Palatka, Florida   

Charles Boise Stewart, Jr., Kinston, North Carolina 

Alexander Taylor, Jr., Westfield, New Jersey 

Harold Thomas Webb, Coxsackie, New York 

Stanley Harvey Womack, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   

Fred P. Williams, Washington, D.C. 


Fall 1950 (November 22, 1950)

Eugene J. Allen, Washington, D.C. 

Samuel Joseph Baskerville, Jr., Charleston, West Virginia 

William Donald Brown Jr., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Charles Irving Bryant, Arlington, Virginia 

Robert Edward Bryant, Arlington, Virginia

William Clarence Cammack, Jr., Washington, D.C.  

Alonzo L. Ferguson, Washington, D.C.  

George Tucker Butler, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina 

George Franklin Fraction, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 

Robert Clarence Gaskill, Arlington, Virginia 

James Edward Graves, Lynchburg, Virginia 

Samuel Ryan Hatchett, Washington, D.C. 

John I. McDonald Hercules, Georgetown, Guyana  (Omega Chapter, 1988) 

Alfred Hill, Lackawanna, New York 

James Walton Hope, Gastonia, North Carolina 

Earl Mayberry Johnson Huntington, West Virginia

Lawrence Binga Johnson, Jr., Arlington, Virginia 

Marshall H. Layton, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 

Roland Frank Noel, Lynchburg, Virginia 

Calvin C. Roberts, Montclair, New Jersey 

Harry P. Williams 

James David Williams, Augusta, Georgia 

1951

Spring 1951 (May 16, 1951)

William Leon Ballard, Jr., Paterson, New Jersey 

Harold Leander Braynon, Miami, Florida (Omega Chapter, July 25, 2011)

William Jerome Jefferson, Jr., Chicago, Illinois

Theodore A. Cannon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Reginald Nathaniel Parker, Norfolk, Virginia


Fall 1951 (December 1951)

Harry Simpson Bagley, Kansas City, Missouri

William John Dixon, Sanford, Florida

Joseph Langston Farrar, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Edward Ferguson, Chester, Pennsylvania

Malcolm Van Norman Gee, Baltimore, Maryland

Lawrence Earl Hackley, Roanoke, Virginia

Alonzo Shaw Harden, Washington, D.C.

Ernest James Jackson, Farrell, Pennsylvania

Wayman Lattimore, Pelham, New York

Albert Harrison Luck, Danville, Virginia

Richard W. Pate, Jr., Washington, D.C.

Harold Jay Pettaway, Waterbury, Connecticut

Charles R. Reid

Marvin Samuel Robinson, Jersey City, New Jersey

James Leonard Stanmore, Queen City, Texas

James David Williams Flint, Michigan 

1952

Spring 1952 (May 19, 1952)

William Edward Davis, Jr., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Lawrence Burrell Hundley, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama 

Archibald Rufus Murray, New York, New York 

John P. Riley, Panama 

Robert Earl Scott, Los Angeles, California PRESIDENT 

Theodis Wesley, Shine Dallas, Texas 

John M. Woodyear, New York, New York 


Fall 1952 (December 14, 1952)

Willie Chambers, Greensboro, North Carolina 

John Thomas Daniels, Rocky Point, North Carolina 

Jack E. Evans, Poteau, Oklahoma 

William Harris 

Lovell F. Holmes, Tallahassee, Florida 

Thomas Roosevelt Jones, Jr., Newport News, Virginia  

Wilfred Alexander Kenney, Jr., Durham, North Carolina 

Arthur Eugene Mallette, Wilmington, North Carolina 

Clarence M. Page, Montclair, New Jersey 

Jacob Edward Rahming, Miami, Florida 

Ralph Robinson, Corona, New York 

Cleveland E. Varner, Norfolk, Virginia 

John Madison White, Ossining, New York 

Edward Alvin Clement, Washington, D.C.  

1953

Spring 1953 (May 18, 1953)

Dennis A. McLendon, Jacksonville, Florida

Wallace B. Thompson, Jr., Brooklyn, New York PRESIDENT

William Peter Bailey, Plainfield, New Jersey

Leslie Wellington Donaldson, Kingston, Jamaica

Robert McGraw Gilbert, Jr., New York, New York

Melvin Small, Gloster, Louisiana

Lloyd E. Thomas, FallsChurch, Virginia

Noah C. Perry, Jr., New Haven, Connecticut


Fall 1953 (December 8, 1953)

Aubrey O'Neil Dent, Jr. Roanoke, Virginia

Robert E. Ransom, Jr.

John D. Walker Darby, Pennsylvania

1954

Spring 1954 (May 1, 1954)

Walter Rivers Hampton, New York, New York PRESIDENT  

Elton Franklin King, Jr., Washington, D.C. 

John Rudolph Bell, Jersey City, New Jersey 

Herman Flora, Norfolk, Virginia DOG CAPTAIN 

Arnold George Walker, Jr., Wilson, North Carolina 

Arthur Louis Burnett, Fredericksburg, Virginia (Omega Chapter, November 20, 2023)

Carlos Manuel Bardeguez, Guayama, Puerto Rico 

Elmo Caldwell   


Fall 1954 (December 4, 1954)

Henry A. Blackwell

Donald Wiley Boyd, Johnson City, Tennessee

Terrence Burwell

Roland Constantine Burroughs, Miami, Florida

Leayle Gerard Galiber, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Franklin D. Green, Staunton, Virginia

Robert Alonzo Harleston, Hempstead, New York PRESIDENT

Melville Marshall Kirkland, Paterson, New Jersey

James Rudolph Lyles, Washington, D.C.

Clarence Malone, Southampton, New York

Glenn Manning, Baltimore, Maryland

George Edward Marshall, Arlington, Virginia

Alphonso Joseph Patterson Kinston, North Carolina 

Lennel G. Sutton, Boynton Beach, Florida

Alvin Bernard Wood, Hartford, Connecticut

James Ronald Woods, Lorain, Ohio

1955

Spring 1955 (May 5, 1955)

Nigel Melvin Ayton, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Major C. Campbell

Willie Talley Dawkins, Baltimore, Maryland

Clinton Eugene Gravely, Reidsville, North Carolina

John C. H. Grier, Columbus, Georgia

William Lambert Griffin, Peekskill, New York

Yondell Elvas Moore, Marshall, Texas (Omega Chapter, December 18, 2021)

John Matthew Murphy Jr., Charlotte, NC (Omega Chapter, December 2012)

James Peter Neal, Jr., Kershaw, South Carolina

Rodney P. Olden, Brooklyn, New York

Edward Cunningham Powell, Washington, D.C.

George Roberts

Alexander Walker Sargent, Jr., Paterson, New Jersey

Evan Kenneth Walker, Washington, D.C.


Fall 1955 (December 5, 1955)

Earl Lawrence Carter, Washington, D.C.

Harold Alexander Dames, Miami, Florida

Claude R. Freeman, Bronx, New York

Clinton Eugene Gravely, Reidsville, North Carolina

Victor Arthur Henry, New Orleans, Louisiana

George Delannio McDonald, New York, New York PRESIDENT 

Royston Ulric Nero, New York, New York

Harry Orvin Parrot, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Charles Carlton Perry, New York, New York

Hubert Gerard Skinner, Elizabeth, New Jersey

Dewitt Talmage Walton, Jr., Macon, Georgia

1956

Spring 1956 (May 8, 1956)

Alfredo Linares-Soto, Santurce, Puerto Rico 

Harold Edward Vick, Rocky Mount, North Carolina 

Calvin H. Williams 


Fall 1956 (December 1, 1956)

Edward Gans Briscoe, Montclair, New Jersey 

Marvin Phillips Carroll, Atlanta, Georgia

Cleveland Derouen

Walter L. Faggett, Greensboro, North Carolina

Aquila Gilmore, Jr.

Ralph Humphrey, New Rochelle, New York 

William James Jones, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles R. White, New York City, New York

1957

Spring 1957 (May 3, 1957)

Salem Lemuel Adams, Newark, New Jersey 

Rodrique Challenger 

Elmer McCoy Perry, Eagle Rock, North Carolina DOG CAPTAIN 

James Douglass Polk, Roanoke, Virginia 

Marvous Saunders, Washington, D.C. 


Fall 1957 - The Fabulous Fourteen (December 14, 1957)

Kenneth Anthony Marius, New York, New York (Omega Chapter) 

James Banks Brown, Jr., Smithfield, Virginia DOG CAPTAIN (Omega Chapter, January 15, 2015)

William Arthur Ellis Jr., Dayton, Ohio (Omega Chapter)

William Grant Ellison, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Omega Chapter, October 2003)

Charleston Roy Lee, Jr., Chicago, Illinois 

Billy Emmanuel Jones, Dayton, Ohio 

Robert Gates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

Spencer H. Boyer, West Chester, Pennsylvania 

Edward Norman Hall, Jr., Jensen Beach, Florida (Omega Chapter)

Leonard James Howie, Youngstown, Ohio 

Richard Austin Keels, Boston, Massachusetts 

Roger Alexander Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Thomas Earl Motley Sr., Whiteville, Tennessee (Omega Chapter, January 11, 2023)

Jimmie Sinclair Trimiar, Lynchburg, Virginia PRESIDENT

1958

Spring 1958 (May 3, 1958)

James Baker 

Francis Hall Henderson, West Chester, Pennsylvania DOG CAPTAIN 

Oscar R. Maddox 

William A. Phillips, Cordele, Georgia 

Paul Eddie Pritchett, Martinsville, Virginia 

Julian L. Weaver, Tarboro, North Carolina


Fall 1958 - The Noble Nine (December 13, 1958)

1. Eddie Carl Brown, Allentown, Pennsylvania 

2. Harvey Ellsworth Butler, Richmond, Virginia PRESIDENT

3. John Reid Hoffler, Burton, North Carolina 

4. Morris Paul O'Kelly, Lynchburg, Virginia 

5. William Cornelius Parnell, Jr., Beaufort, South Carolina

6. William Rowland Gee, Jr., Arlington, Virginia 

7. Jonathan Pollard Nelson, Brooklyn, New York DOG CAPTAIN 

8. Samuel Alfred Gray, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 

9. Walter G. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

1959

Spring 1959 – The Faithful Five (May 1, 1959)

Burnett William Harrington, Jr., Chattanooga, Tennessee DOG CAPTAIN

Marshall André Isler III, Kinston, North Carolina PRESIDENT

Langston L'Overture Jones, Barbourville, Kentucky

James Carter Thomas, St. Albans, New York

James Leroy White, Washington, D.C.


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